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ROC en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, of a series) Initialism of region of convergence.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of receiver operating characteristic.

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Source: en.wiktionary, “ROC” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ROC en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Republic of China (all senses).
    • Near-synonym: China
  2. Initialism of Republic of China (all senses). ▸ Taiwan ROC.
    • Former U.S. Senator George McGovern said that during his one-week visit to the ROC he met many friendly, optimistic and energetic people, and called the Republic of China an "energetic" country. He said he hopes his visit will help to promote understanding between the ROC and liberals in the United States. 1983 March 13, “ROC progress praised by McGovern”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIV, number 10, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
    • This book suggests that the gradual increase of transactions and communications between the two Chinas since 1987 should contribute to the ‘normalization’ of relations between the two Chinas. Nevertheless, these transactions and communications are not expected to lead to the political reunification of the two Chinas in the foreseeable future due to four main obstacles: the PRC’s intention to localize and isolate the ROC internationally; the PRC’s refusal to exclude the use of military force against the ROC; the difference between the two Chinas’ living standards and political philosophies; and the Taiwan Independence Movement. 1994, Hsin-hsing Wu, Bridging the Strait: Taiwan, China, and the Prospects for Reunification, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page vii:
    • Prevented by internal and external influences, this ideal of placing the sovereignty in the hands of the people was not carried out immediately after the establishment of the Republic of China. With the changes of time, particularly with the relocation of the ROC government to Taiwan, we have gradually carried it out at last, but only after having licked our wounds and built our strength for forty years. 1996 May, Lee Teng-hui, “Political Reforms”, in Peace Through Democratic Reforms, Taipei: Wen Ying Tang Press Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11:
  3. Initialism of Republic of China (all senses). ▸ A former sovereign state of China, 1912–1949; dissolved by the declaration of the People's Republic.
  4. (Canada) The "Rest of Canada", i.e. Canada excluding the province of Quebec.
    • [T]he old and tired purveyors of separatism in Québec continue to harp on what they contend Québec is not—essentially, “not the ROC”—in order to peddle their snake oil. 2002, L. Yves Fortier, “A Mature Exercise of Sovereignty”, in Osgoode Hall Law Journal, volume 40, numbers 3-4, page 426:
    • If Quebeckers believe that voting PQ means putting a knife to Canada’s throat, they should think again. The ROC is fed up with these threats. 2014 March 7, Jeffrey Simpson, “The rest of Canada will have choices to make”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 07 Apr 2014:
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Republic of (the) Congo, Congo-Brazzaville.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Russia(n) Olympic Committee.
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Race of Champions.
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Russian Orthodox Church.
  9. (UK, historical) The Royal Observer Corps, a former United Kingdom defence organization (1925 to 1992).

Coordinates

NOC · PRC · ROCA · OC · IROC · ROCOR · IOC · DRC

Descendants

ROC

Synonyms

China · China · China

Translations (5)

ru ОКР (Russian Olympic Committee, an organization) · fr COR (Russian Olympic Committee, an organization) · pl RKP (Russian Orthodox Church) · pl RKO (Russian Olympic Committee, an organization) · ru РПЦ (Russian Orthodox Church)

wikidata: Q865 · wikidata: Q13426199 · wikidata: Q60995 · wikidata: Q7374637 · wikidata: Q971